Strip of bobbin lace with mountain and trough line, On a fine grid ground, a Mechelen ground (also called ice ground), there is a symmetrical pattern. Within a stretched scalloped edge of lobed leaves and florets there are triple flower branches on either side of a leaf rosette under a 'mountain and valley' line. This borders two halved diamond-shaped medallions with a grid filling of crucifixes. Part of a strip that consists of two parts sewn together. Mechelen side., anonymous, Southern Netherlands, c. 1740, linen (material), Mechlin (lace), l 300 cm × l 253 cm × w 5 cm ×, cm, Reimagined

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